\documentclass{article}
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% This file is used as unit test for pgfplots, copyright by Christian Feuersaenger.
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% See
%   http://pgfplots.sourceforge.net/pgfplots.pdf
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% Any required input files (for <plot table> or <plot file> or the table package) can be downloaded
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\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}

\pagestyle{empty}

\usepgfplotslibrary{polar}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
  \begin{polaraxis}[ title={\textbf{The figure's title}} ,
  		%xmin=270,xmax=400,
  		ymin=.1,ymax=.48,colorbar, ytick={0.1,0.2,.3, .4}]%
		\addplot3[contour gnuplot] {x*y};
  \end{polaraxis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}
